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If there was one thing a competent fighting force did not need, Hux knew, it was unforeseen outbursts of individuality.
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Alan Dean Foster (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
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Hux refused to pace, regarding it as a waste of energy.
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Alan Dean Foster (Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Star Wars Novelizations, #7))
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Some villains, like Archex had been as Captain Cardinal, were conflicted, and Vi could carefully twist the key inside them until something clicked open. Some villains were just straight-up evil---like anyone with the last name Hux.
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Delilah S. Dawson (Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2))
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Ackbar knew the fry would come up with the wrong answer. As the young so often did, they were arguing about tactics but failing to consider personalities. Hux’s principal concern wasn’t winning an engagement, but demonstrating the First Order capabilities and might for a galactic audience.
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Jason Fry (Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars Novelizations, #8))
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Hux was a vicious little squig, but yet to grow into his teeth—he had the ruthlessness of age but none of its wisdom. A veteran commander worried about winning, not playing to an audience.
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Jason Fry (Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars Novelizations, #8))
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Snoke had shepherded the First Order through its years in the galactic wilds, transforming a band of Imperial refugees into a weapon forged to reclaim the galaxy. As such, he would always be remembered. But Hux knew the future would need a different kind of leader—one able to direct the galaxy’s industries and nurture their innovations, while commanding its citizens’ respect.
Snoke wasn’t that leader. And neither was Ren.
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Jason Fry (Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars Novelizations, #8))
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Yago would endure Hux just as Peavey had—because both men knew the general wouldn’t last. He would undoubtedly succeed at destroying the remnants of the Resistance, and bask in the glory of that accomplishment for a time. But then the real challenges would begin. The First Order would have a restive galaxy to tame, one that had been plunged into chaos. And sooner or later, Hux would be undone, revealed as an incompetent officer and an intemperate leader.
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Jason Fry (Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars Novelizations, #8))
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that slimy sycophant Hux
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Alan Dean Foster
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Biological traces are acceptable,” Hux murmured, “but a couple of skulls would be better.
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Alan Dean Foster (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
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Typical Ren, Hux thought. Self-centered, arrogant, indifferent to the interests of others.
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Alan Dean Foster (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
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A deep gully formed, separating her from General Hux and the arriving troopers. Utilizing the tiny position sensor emplaced in Ren’s belt, Hux had tracked him to this spot.
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Alan Dean Foster (The Force Awakens (Star Wars: Novelizations #7))
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It was evident from both Hux’s tone and body language that he held no love for the newcomer. The feeling was mutual; neither took pains to hide his contempt.
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Alan Dean Foster (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
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Where Kylo Ren and his sorcery had failed, Hux and his technological prowess would triumph.
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Jason Fry (The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Star Wars) (Novelisations Book 9))